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Your Refactoring Alarm. Version 0.21.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-15.
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Your Refactoring Alarm
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- codelimit
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Project history and usage
Code Limit is a small Python developer tool that describes itself as a refactoring alarm: it scans a codebase and warns when code has grown complex enough to merit refactoring.
Project history
The project was created in 2022 by Rob van der Leek under the getcodelimit GitHub organization. Its README positions the tool around maintainability workflows rather than general linting, with standalone, pre-commit, and GitHub Action usage documented.
Adoption history
Adoption appears niche but real: Homebrew distributes it as the codelimit formula, and the project publishes frequent 0.x releases. Homebrew analytics for the formula showed hundreds of installs over the prior year when checked for this enrichment run.
How it is used
Users run the codelimit executable directly, wire it into pre-commit, or use it in CI to produce maintainability checks and badges. The project emphasizes low setup effort and documents configuration only for exceptions to its zero-configuration default.
Why package nerds care
For package-manager users, Code Limit is notable as a narrow, packaged code-quality tool in the same ecosystem as formatters, linters, and pre-commit helpers. Its appeal is the Unix-friendly single-command workflow rather than ecosystem scale.
Timeline
- 2022: Project copyright and public repository lineage begin.
- 2022: Tool is documented for standalone, pre-commit, and GitHub Action workflows.
- 2025: v0.21.0 release published on GitHub.
- 2026: Homebrew formula distributes codelimit 0.21.0.
Related projects
- Related tools include pre-commit for local hooks, Ruff and Black as Python code-quality tools used in the project, and general complexity or maintainability analyzers that gate refactoring work.
Sources
security posture
No protected-tool coverage found yet
No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for codelimit. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.
Install behavior
- No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
- Installs with 3 runtime dependencies.
Recommended review
Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
codelimit | cli | global executable |
freshness
Version and freshness
These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-07-08
manager version0.21.0
manager updated2026-06-15
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected
https://getcodelimit.github.io
- infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://getcodelimit.github.ionone confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:codelimit |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.21.0 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/codelimit |
| Homepage | https://getcodelimit.github.io |
| Repository | https://github.com/getcodelimit/codelimit |
| Upstream docs | https://getcodelimit.github.io/codelimit |
| License | GPL-3.0-or-later |
| Source archive | https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/b7/e5/36aae3a408a00642a7ffa95c200799bdcecb8402e495f4ceffca44a7ab13/codelimit-0.21.0.tar.gz |
| Last updated | 2026-06-15T10:20:13-04:00 |
| Pulse | updated |
| Dependencies | certifi, libyaml, python@3.14 |
| Bottle | available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux) |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | none declared |
registry facts
Source database details
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | codelimit |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 8 |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
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source trail
Generated from repository data
This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- Nucleus package database
- av.db category and tag curation
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated package history
- package relationship graph
- package version freshness
- package-page enrichment